Hezbollah 'can change future of region'

November 12, 2007 - 0:0

Hezbollah says the resistance movement is fully prepared to repel any Israeli invasion, and even change the future of the region.

""Following the July war the Israelis began to review their mistakes,"" the movement's Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday, referring to Israeli recent military moves near the Lebanese border.
Nasrallah added that the Israelis conducted the maneuvers with 50,000 forces in preparation for an invasion against Lebanon. “They (Israelis) have said the war games are aimed at improving their military coordination to stage another war on Lebanon,"" he said.
Nasrallah whose movement staged military maneuvers in response to the Israeli war games added that the real massage of the resistance group was to say that Hezbollah has the required knowledge and military capabilities to defend Lebanon.
""We are ready day and night to defend Lebanon and even to gain the largest ever victory that can change the future of the region. This is the real message of our military maneuvers,"" the Hezbollah leader added.
Nasrallah attacked the Lebanese government accusing it of siding with the United States and Israel against the resistance and doing nothing about recovering the Shebaa Farms.
He also slammed the Lebanese government for its inaction against the Israeli hostile moves.
The Israeli army has deployed 50,000 troops near the country's borders but the Lebanese government has not even condemned the action, Nasrallah said.
""They don't consider Israel as the nation's foe and even some of them are pleased with it because Israel wants to eradicate Hezbollah,"" Nasrallah concluded.
He also attacked the United Sates and accused it of meddling in Lebanese presidential elections to make sure that the new president implements UN resolution 1559 which calls for disarming all the resistance forces in Lebanon including Hezbollah. He said ""no one can ever disarm Hezbollah....he added"" the whole world cannot disarm Hezbollah.""
Nasrallha questioned the worldwide interest in the Lebanese elections and insisted that no election should take place unless the quorum is met. This is in reference to the demand by opposition that two thirds of the parliament should be in attendance in order to elect a president.
He lashed out at the parliament majority which is supported by the world community and said ""they want a president that divides us and disarms us, we want a president that unites us and allows us to keep our arms.""
He accused the parliament majority of wanting all the high positions for themselves. ""They want the presidency, the prime ministerial position and the army chief's position.""
Nasrallah challenged the majority by calling for early elections of the parliament and ""whoever achieves two third majority will be able to elect the new president of the republic"" The election of a new president was postponed four times by Hezbollah ally speaker Nabih Berri. The new date is set for November 21, or 3 days before the term of Lahoud ends.
(Source: Press TV/ Ya Libnan)